Combined metallic cap and fastener for bottles



(No Model.)

A. L. BBRNARDIN. COMBINED METALLIC GA'P A'ND PASTENER FOR-BOTTLES: 'No. 314,359.

Patented Mar. 24, 1885.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ALFRED L. BERNARDIN, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

COMBINED METALLIC CAP AND FASTENER FOR BOTTLES.

EPBCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,359, dated March 24, 1885.

Application filed December 19, 1884. (No model.) J i caps. The device is formed of a cap having a pendent circular flange adapted to embrace or cpyer the bottle-nozzle and aflat bandhaving vertical arms, the cap being made separate from the band or fastener proper, (which is adapted to be united to encircle the bottleneck,) and being permanently attached to the arms thereof.

The invention further consists in the means of fastening the cap to the arms of the bottle neck-band.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, and also illu'strates its application to-a bottle,whose neck is shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan of the fastener proper in its fiat condition.

The letter A indicates the cap proper, and B the fastening therefor, which parts constitute my improved device. The whole is constructed of sheet metal. The said cap A is made doublethat is to say, of two caps, Fig. 2, the one designated by a being adapted to fit closely within the other, a.

The fastener B consists of a band,. I), Fig. 3, for encircling the neck of a bottle, and two or more (preferably three) arms or strips, 1), that are a portion of said band, and project upward therefrom, and are permanently connected with the double cap A, Fig. 2, as will shortly be described. For economy and strength these arms b are preferably formed in one piece with the band'b, as shown in Fig. 3; but they may be made separate and riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured thereto. The ends of the band b are respectively provided with a tongue, 0, and slot 0', to adapt the same for being locked together, and thus securing the band firmly around the neck of a bottle, as shown in Fig. 2. The attachment of the arms I) to the double cap A may be effected in various ways; but my preferred mode consists in inserting the upper ends of said arms between the inner and outer portions, a a, of the cap and then crimping the latter cireumferentially, as represented at a:,

Fig. 2. The crimp w may be most expeditiously formed by means of tinners rolls; but I a hand device or apparatus may be advantageously employed. The ends of the arms 63 b are shown, Fig. 3, bent over the top of the inner cap, a, as an additional means of securing the band I) to the latter; but this construction may generally be dispensed with or it may be employed in lieu of the crimp gr; but in such case soldering or riveting will be required to attach the arms to the inner cap with the desired security.

YVhatever be the means for connecting the arms and cap it should effect a permanent connection, as these parts are not to be separated nor to move relatively to each other in the use of the device.

To facilitate application of my improved device to a bottle, (see dotted lines, Fig. 2,) 7 5 the cork is first forced in or else its top is cut off, so that it is flush with the nozzle. The cap A is then put in place so as to cover and conceal both cork and nozzle, as well as protect the latter, and the ends of the band fastened together around the bottle-neck below the collar or circumferential rib, usually formed on bottles of all descriptions, by putting the tongue 0 through the slot 0 and bending the tongue backward ontoitself in thewell-known manner.

Both portions of the cap are shown, Fig. 3, provided with coincident apertures d, for the purpose of allowing the application of a corkscrew, if desired or required, previous to removing the cap from the stopper.

What I claim is- 1. As an article of manufacture, the combined stopper-fastener and bottle-cap,consisting of the sheet-metal cap proper having a vertical pendent flange adapted to embrace the bottle-nozzle and the sheet-metal fastener includingthe neck-baud b and arms b, the cap and fastener being permanently secured together and the whole being applicable as aunit about a bottle neck and nozzle and securable IOO thereon by uniting the ends of the neck-band, all as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the double cap,of of the double-cap having a crimp which sethe fastener proper, consisting of a band and cures it to said arms, substantially as shown IO arms, tliielatter being insferteg betweein the inand described. nor an outer portions 0 sai cap an perma- T 5 nently secured thereto, substantially as speei- ALFRED BERNARDD" fled. Vitnesses:

3. The con1bination,with the fastener prop- AMos W. HART, er,consisting of a band and arms, as specified, SOLON O. KEMON. 

